Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-.

Noun

*bràtrьja or *bràtьja f [1]

(collective) brothers

Declension

Declension of *bràtrьja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*bràtrьja
Accusative	*bràtrьjǫ
Genitive	*bràtrьję̇
Locative	*bràtrьjī
Dative	*bràtrьjī
Instrumental	bràtrьjējǫ, bràtrьjǭ^*
Vocative	*bràtrьje

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: бра́тья pl (brátʹja)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: братрьꙗ (bratrĭja), братьꙗ (bratĭja)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⰰⱅⱃⱐⱑ (bratrĭě), ⰱⱃⰰⱅⱐⱑ (bratĭě)
- Bulgarian: братя pl (bratja)
- Macedonian: браќа pl (braḱa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бра̏ћа
  
  Latin: brȁća
- Slovene: brátje pl

West Slavic:
- Czech: bratří pl
- Polish: bracia pl
- Slovak: bratia pl
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bratrojo pl

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’”